Assistant Manager, Food Retail - Royton, Rochdale

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Working Hours: Permanent
Location: Royton
Salary: £14000 - £17000/annum £14,000 - £17,000
The Company
Somerfield are really going places. We are well on the way to achieving our mission of becoming Britain's favourite local grocery shop by providing convenience whilst maintaining quality, freshness & outstanding service.

The Role
Assistant Manager, Food Retail, Royton (Manchester), £14,000 - £17,000



There has never been a better time to become an Assistant Manager (Trading OR Assistant Manager) with Somerfield. We are now part of The Co-operative Group and together we have become the UK`s fifth largest food retailer. As a successful Assistant or Trading Manager in one of our 3,000 stores you will receive a competitive salary, staff discount and, most importantly unparalleled opportunities to progress your career.

The Co-operative Food is enjoying a 17% increase in profit during the recession. So as well as being voted ?Convenience Retailer of the Year? at the retail industry awards for the second year running, we are also very secure as part of the wider Co-operative Group. All of this combined with our ethical approach to business means we are able to offer more to both our staff and our customers and live up to our slogan : ?Good with Food?.

Being an Assistant Manager

The Assistant Manager role is divided into three main areas of the store:

Fresh Foods: Taking Responsibility for all departments offering fresh foods within a store, including Deli, Dairy, Produce, Meat, Bakery and Counters. Our Fresh Trading Managers are passionate about quality, freshness, availability, standards, hygiene and legislation.

Customer Services: Taking responsibility for all services departments within a store including Checkouts, Kiosk, Impulse areas, Systems, SELs (shelf-edge labels) and POS (point of sale). Our Services Trading Managers are passionate about delighting our customers in every contact they have with the store.

Grocery: Taking responsibility for all ambient departments within a store, including Grocery, Beers, Wines and Spirits, Non-food and Frozen. Our Ambient Trading Managers are passionate about availability, standards, hygiene and legislation.

The Assistant Manager will also take on Duty Management responsibilities in the Store Manager`s absence, driving great customer service, product availability, store standards and adherence to legislation.

Are you an Assistant Manager?

We are looking for high performing individuals with previous experience of retail and people management and a real passion for delivering the best customer experience possible. You will have a pro-active, ?hands-on` management style, excellent communication and organisation skills and the ability to motivate, inspire and train others.

Join us now!

This really is an exciting time to join a progressive, forward thinking company.

Apply now!